A few months before Stuart Long was ordained and officially became Father Stu in 2007, he made a pilgrimage to Lourdes, France, where he was convinced he’d be healed by its “miraculous” waters. Long ...

Father Stuart Long was an amateur boxer whose near-death experience sent him down the path that eventually led to the priesthood. Mark Wahlberg shares with Inside Edition how he learned of his story ...

Mark Wahlberg plays real-life boxer turned priest Stuart Long in “Father Stu.” And for Wahlberg, the story is personal. After an injury ends Long’s amateur boxing career, he meets Carmen, a Sunday ...

“Father Stu” is based on the true story of an amateur boxer-turned-Catholic-priest Stuart Long. The biographical drama stars Oscar nominee Mark Wahlberg in the titular role, who also serves as a ...

Stuart Long was an English major in college, who then won the Montana heavyweight Golden Gloves title at age 22 before reconstructive jaw surgery forced him to end his dream of becoming a boxer. So ...